Improvement in liquid-measurers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

CHARLES Gr. MORGAN, OF BRISTOL STATION, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENTVIN LIQUID-MEASURERIS'.

Specification forming at of Letters Patent No.169,652, dated November 9, 1875; application filed August 12, 1875 i v l i To all whom t'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. MORGAN, of Bristol Station, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, have invented a new, useful, and Improved Oil Tank or Measurer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, which .will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, andin which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tank or vessel embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical central section of the same; Fig. 3, a top or plan view of the interior parts Fig. 4, a like view of the lidor cover of the parts shown in Fig. 3 Fig. 5, a side View, representing a modification in the form and arrangement of the pump; and Fig. 6 a top view of the tank or vessel.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My object is to provide improved tanks or vessels wherein druggists and others may store, for retail, oils and othersimilar liquids, and from which-they may draw, with facility and certainty, the various smaller amounts called for by their customers. To this end my invention consists of a tank or vessel adapted to contain the liquidsreferred to, and combined, substantially as hereinafter described, with a force-pump for ejecting any given quantity ofliquid from the tank with certainty,.and at any time.

My. invention also consists of several details, substantially as hereinafter specified, relating to the tank and pump, and to the meansemployed for combining the several parts with advantage, for the purposes set forth. I I

In the drawings, A represents the tank or vessel, adapted to contain the oil or other liquid to be stored .thereinf B is the lid of the tank, and B a lid or cover, arranged over an opening in the lid B. O is a halt cylindrical tube attached to the outside of the tank, and closed at the top and bottom. a is an opening in the wall of the tank, and is arranged to enter the tube (1. D is a nozzle, also entering the tube 0. E is a nozzle-stopper, fastened to a yielding arm, E, pivoted arm E, when free, is represented by the broken lines in Fig. 1. F is a lug attached to the lower part of the tank, and G is an eye also attached to the tank, and arranged as shown. H represents a shelf or counter, and e e are eyes attached thereto. I is a hook,

linked into one ofthe eyes 0 e.

In the example shownlthe tank is cylindria cal; but its form is not essential to my invention. The form and position of the tube provided with a bottom in the usual manner, or in the manner hereinafter described. v

J is a block, which, in the example shown, V is nicely fitted into the lower end of thetank, and constitutes its bottom. Thisblock is nicely mortised to receive two spur-wheels,

7c and 70, which have a bearing therein, and

are arranged, as shown, to engage each other.

a a are recesses or mortises also sunken into. the block J, and iutersectin g or communicating with the mortises in which the wheels k k rest. The broken lines shown at e c, Fig. 3, represent a channel or eduction terminating at one end in the-mortises in which the wheels is 70 rest, and at the other in the opening a, L

is a lid or cover fitted nicely into the upper I end of the block J. a a are openings corresponding to .the openings a a. M is ashaft passing freelvthrough the parts B and L, and rigidly attached to one of the wheels K K, N is a crank or handle for rotating the shaft M. O O are rods passing freely through the partsB and L. The lower ends of these rods are screw-threaded, and enter female screws j in the block J, as represented in Fig. 2. e e a l are collars on the rods 0 O. These rods may be turned by means of a key, 0. The lid or cover B should be marked, as shown at n, for,

thepurposes hereinafter set forth.

Instead of arranging, horizontally, the parts which constitute the pump, they may be inclosed in an independent case, and the whole to the body of the tank. The position of the arranged vertically in the tank, and in the I lattercase'the tank should be abottom in the usual manner. I

The modifications required, when the wheels K K are arranged vertically, are represented provided with in Fig. 5, wherein n represents the induction, and n7 the-educ'tjion. The shaft M andro'ds O O are also there shown as entering the parts horizontally. In all essential features of con struction the pump represented in Fig. 5 is the same as the one already described.-

The operation of the device now described I is as follows: The tank is 'first filled with a suitable amount of oil, either the lid B or B being removed for that purpose. finds its way through the openings a a and a al-into the' pockets formed by the cogs or spurs of the wheels K'K. These'wheels',

'whenrotated in the'direction indicated by the arrows shown in Fig. ,3, carry the oil around toward the eductioire, and the oil thus confined in the pockets has no escape (exceptflas hereinafter mentioned) until each pocket reaches the eduction, it being under stood thatithe part L lies closely against the block J and the wheels K K. When the cogs or spurs reach the eduction the cogs on each I wheel, by entering thepockets in the other, a force out the oil into the'eduction-channel c a, into the tube 0, and thence into the noz-' zle. Theend of the nozzle should, be small enough toslightly enter the neck of small bottles.

In order to transfer the contents of the tank'into the bottle the stopper E should be removed from the nozzle, and the latter inserted into thebottle. One rotation of the crank will force a certain quantity of the oil (an ounce, for example) into the vial; two rotations, two ounces, and so on, according to the quantity desired.

.In order to "determine with certainty Whena complete --rotation of the crank has been made, I. make the mark a, as shown, and before referred to, and make this the starting and stopping point, and the lid B may also be graduated to indicate a half or even a -smallerfraction of a complete rotation of the shaft, thus also indicating the amount forced out when the amount is less than an ounce.

If onev rotation of the crank should not cor-.

respond to the unit of measurement already ,re ferrred to, but force out more than an ounce,

the rods 0 0 should be so turned that the collars e 6 will slightly release the part L. Then,.during the rotation of the crank, some of the oil will escape from the pockets into the body of .the tank instead of being forced ou'tlthlrough the eduction and nozzle, and in v this manner the amount discharged by each rotation can always be regulated with cer- ,tainty.

When the bottle or othervessel has received I This oil I Tanks of 'various'sizes may be employed for the purposes set forth, and the pumps may be adapted to force out either a pint, quart, gallon, or larger quantity during each rotation of the crank. I

By employing a force-pump the contents maybe morerapidly discharged through the" small nozzle than through a much larger open-' ing when pressure is'not exerted. v

The stopper E, 'bybein'g mounted on a yielding arm, is rendered effectual forthe purpose for which it is intended, cannot be lost, and

may be removed from the nozzle and replaced I with facility.

The manner offastening the tank to the shelf or counter is represented in Fig. l. In order to fasten the tank it should be tilted sufficiently to allow the lug F to enter the eye not occupied by the hook. The tank should then be allowed to resume its horizontal position, and the hook arranged in the eye G.

The device, as a whole, is simple in its construction and operation, and greatly facilitates the work of drawing off and measuring the oil.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an oil tank or measurer, consisting of a force-pump arranged within an outer vessel, the adjustable lid or cover L, constituting a part of the forcing apparatus, whereby a greater or less quantity of oil, after having been drawn from the said vessel into the pump may be returned from the-latter'into the former before being discharged through the nozzle D,

substantially as specified. i r v 2. In combination the tank A, provided with an eduction-tube and nozzle, 0 D, the recessed block J, the adjustable lid L, the spurwheels K K, the shaft M, and the screw-rods O 0, provided with the collars e e,-all constructed and arranged for operation together,

substantially as and for the purposes specified:

3. The stopper E, mounted on the yielding arm E, in combinationwith the nozzle 1),

substantially as and for'the purposes specified. 7

CHARLES G. MORGAN.

Witnesses: v

A. N. BEEBE, H. L. MOORE. 

